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Valerie Hansen

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Born

in Cleveland, OH, The United States

July 23

Website

http://www.valeriehansen.com

Genre

Romance, Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

Member Since

November 2009

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Valerie Hansen is the pen name of Valerie Whisenand.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Although I have been a published author since the mid 1980s, I have been writing women's Christian fiction almost exclusively since 1999.

There is a longer, more detailed bio on my website so there's no need for me to repeat all that here. Right now, I write for all three Love Inspired lines, Romance, Suspense and Historical. I'm delighted to have been included that broadly and besides, it keeps me so busy that I stay out of trouble. Well, mostly.

You'll find me on the LI Historical blog as well as other LI features. If I try to do much more I won't have time to write ...more

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	Ready to Protect (Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit #2) 4.49 avg rating — 830 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bound by Duty (Military K-9 Unit #2) 4.30 avg rating — 789 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trail of Danger (True Blue K-9 Unit #6) 4.45 avg rating — 739 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Explosive Secrets (Texas K-9 Unit #4) 4.31 avg rating — 724 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scent of Truth (Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit #2) 4.38 avg rating — 650 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Special Agent (Classified K-9 Unit, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tracking a Kidnapper (True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn #5) 4.39 avg rating — 534 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Military K-9 Unit Christmas: Christmas Escape / Yuletide Target by Valerie Hansen (Goodreads Author), Laura Scott (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 475 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Search and Rescue (Rookie K-9 Unit #6) 4.47 avg rating — 452 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Detecting Danger (Capitol K-9 Unit Book 5) 4.24 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Big Sky Centennial (7 books)
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“It was the little things in life that formed a person’s character. Sure, traumatic events played a role, but it was small kindnesses and daily thanksgiving that truly shaped people’s lives.”
― Valerie Hansen, Detecting Danger

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“People shy away from messed-up people. They don’t want to be burdened.”
― Valerie Hansen, Love Inspired Suspense July 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2: An Anthology

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“The more I got to know you, the more I began to see that something was missing. Something I had convinced myself that I didn’t need.”
― Valerie Hansen, Love Inspired Suspense July 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2: An Anthology

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message 2: by Valerie

Nov 13, 2009 07:31AM

I know, Terri. I saw that and laughed! I'm VERY new to all this but think I'm getting the hang of it. At least I hope so!
Blessings,
Val

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message 1: by Terri

Nov 12, 2009 08:23PM

Hi. Valerie. We are thinkng same thing about friend invitation tonight.. ( chuckles) I sent you one first then you sent me one. Oh well. Thanks for add as friend and your reader.

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